Terry fabric



(Specimens.)

P. LEAKE.

TERRY FABRIC.

No. 395,242. Patented D80. 25, 1888.

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U N iTED STATES PATENT tries.

FRANK LEAKE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TERRY FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 89 5,242, dated December 25, 1888. Application filed April 30, 1887. $erial No. 236,698. (Specimens) To CLZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK IJEAKE, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Terry Fabrics; and I dohereby declare that the :following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. I

My invention is an improved terry fabric of that class in which one surface is composed almost wholly of loops and the opposite surface of a design or designs in loops upon a plainly-woven background. l'Ieretofore in the manufacture of terry fabrics of this particular class the pattern has in variably been formed by the contrast between the looped surface and the plainly-woven background.

In the class of terry fabrics known as double-facedthat is, fabrics having an even looped surface upon both sidesthe pattern is forined'by loops varying in color, the design appearing upon one side in loops of one color and the same design upon the opposite side in loops of a different color.

My invention is an improvement upon the former class of fabrics, in which an even terry surface is formed upon one side wit-h a plainly-woven under surface relieved by designs formed by the terry loops.

This invention consists of forming the even terry surface of warp-threads of min gled colors and forming a design in the even terry surface by simply drawing through to the opposite side alternate threads orthreads of one color differing in color from the remaining threads, thus leaving against a background of mingled terry loops a design composed of the ren'iaining terry loops of one color only, and upon the opposite :face or side the alternate loops which have been drawn through constitute a like design against a background of plainly woven fabric.

It will be observed that this invention differs from the first-known method above referred to by forming figures or designs of the terry loops of one color in the midst of a terry ground-surface of loops of mingled colors, while it differs from the double-faced fabrics heretofore known by reason of the fact that the figure or design is not formed upon the terry surface by shifting or reversing the colors from one side to the other, but simply by shifting to the opposite side alternate loops of one color out of the mingled mass, which leaves upon the even terry surface at this point loops of one or the remainin color, thus forming the design which shows clearly against the loops of mingled colors which surround the designs, while upon the opposite face the design shows clearly in loops of the color drawn through against the closely-woven ground-faln'ic.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 a plan view of a portion of a fabricmade according to my invention, the terry surface being here represented with the figure or design or place where alternate loops have been carried through to the other side by loops a greater distance apart. Fig. 2 is a corresponding view of the opposite side.

In carrying out my invention I take warp threads of alternating colors for instance, one yellow and one whitea11d place .them alongside of each other, arranging them in number according to the width of the fabric to be formed, these warp-threads constituting the loops or terry surface, the operation of weaving being carried on in the ordinary and well-known manner. This terry surface, so formed of the threads of different colors, produces a varied and novel effect in mass, and when it is desired to form designs upon the surface by drawing through the white loops to the opposite side the design of the yellow loops will show distinctly against the background of the mingled yellow and white loops, and when the yellow loops are drawn through, the white loops will show in the same manner, and thus designs of all characters may be represented upon the surfaces of the fabric.

I claim as my invention" 1. A terry fabric having one surface composed of loops of mingled colors, with figures or designs formed upon said surface by threads of one color, substantially as described.

2. A terry fabric having one surface of terry loops of mingled colors, with designs in said surface formed by threads of one color a greater distance apart than the threads of to this specification in the presence of two the mingled looped surface, the intermediate subscribing witnesses.

loops (differing in color) being carried through T y to form a design upon the opposite side FRAA LEAKE' 5 against a background of plainly-woven fab- I \Vitnesses:

ric, substantially as described. ALBERT W. COX,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name CHARLES CAROLL. 

